3.0.0 708 2022-02-03T05:16:50Z 2022-02-03T05:16:50Z House H HR 2007-01-29 110 hsru00 Rules Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-01-29T19:02:45Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-01-29T19:02:40Z 2007-01-29 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsru00 Rules Committee 2007-01-29 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-29 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2007-01-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress E000187 Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3] PHIL ENGLISH R PA 3 N M001147 Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11] Thaddeus McCotter R MI G. 11 2007-03-08 False M000472 Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23] JOHN MCHUGH R NY M. 23 2007-03-28 False Foreign Trade and International Finance Administrative remedies Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade Armed Forces and National Security Canada Commerce Confidential communications Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Costs Countervailing duties Dispute settlement Dumping Economics and Public Finance Evidence (Law) Expedited congressional procedure Federal advisory bodies Free trade Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Governmental investigations House rules and procedure Import relief Import restrictions Imports International Affairs International agencies Iron and steel industry Latin America Law Legislative resolutions Licenses Mexico Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Parties to actions President and foreign policy Prices Senate rules and procedure Steel Subsidies Tariff Trade agreements Trade negotiations Transportation and Public Works U.S. International Trade Commission Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2007-01-29 Introduced in House 2007-04-17T21:59:58Z Trade Law Reform Act of 2007 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to revise factors that the International Trade Commission (ITC) must consider in making material injury determinations in countervailing duty and antidumping duty proceedings.

Repeals the one-year monitoring program for cases involving persistent dumping. Requires initiation of an expedited antidumping duty investigation in such cases.

Modifies certain factors used to value freight for imputs in nonmarket economy country antidumping calculations.

Requires enactment of a joint resolution by Congress before revocation of a foreign country as a nonmarket economy country. (Currently, the administering authority has power to make such a revocation without prior congressional approval.)

Applies countervailing duty provisions to nonmarket economy countries.

Requires the imposition of an antidumping duty on imported merchandise that is made up (downstream dumping) of one or more depressed-price products (a product purchased at a price that is lower than the generally available price of the product in the country of manufacture or at a price that is lower due to subsidies or sales at below foreign market for such product) if a U.S. industry producing a product used in the manufacture of such merchandise has been materially injured or threatened with material injury or the establishment of such industry has been materially retarded.

Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to change the standard for determining if an imported product is harming domestic producers by requiring a showing that the product causes or threatens to cause serious injury. (Current law requires a product to be a substantial cause of injury).

Amends the Trade Act of 2002 to: (1) urge the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to reject any trade agreement proposal, whether through the World Trade Organization (WTO) or with any country, that would weaken existing U.S. trade remedy laws; and (2) increase the President's reporting duties under such Act.

Congressional Advisory Commission on WTO Dispute Settlement Act - Establishes the Congressional Advisory Commission on WTO Dispute Settlement.

Makes permanent a certain steel import licensing and monitoring program.

Applies the amendments made by this Act to goods from Canada and Mexico.

Requires participation in WTO consultations and panel proceedings of certain private U.S. persons supportive of the government's position before a dispute settlement panel or Appellate Body of the WTO where the USTR seeks to: (1) enforce U.S. rights under a multilateral trade agreement; or (2) defend a challenged action or determination of the U.S. government.

]]> Trade Law Reform Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Trade Law Reform Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Congressional Advisory Commission on WTO Dispute Settlement Act Display Title Trade Law Reform Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To amend United States trade laws to address more effectively import crises, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2007-01-29T05:00:00Z 2007-01-29 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.